Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin (11 February 1962-) was a US Senator from Wisconsin (D) from 3 January 2013, succeeding Herb Kohl. She formerly served in the US House of Representatives (D-WI 2) from 3 January 1999 to 3 January 2013, succeeding Scott Klug and preceding Matt Pocan.

Biography
Tammy Baldwin was born in Madison, Wisconsin on 11 February 1962, and she graduated from Smith College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Baldwin worked as a lawyer from 1989 to 1992, and she served on the Dane County Board of Supervisors and in the State Assembly. In 1998, she was elected to the US House of Representatives, and she then advanced to the US Senate in 2013. She described herself as a progressive in the style of Robert M. La Follette, and she worked with Bernie Sanders to achieve income equality.